Chapter 5 Dowry To be fair, that one has more...
To be fair, Dorji was not bad looking, and placing him in front of the hall of the princess's mansion could serve as a decoration.
That was enough. Mu Xue decided to explain it to him clearly at the wedding.
Since it is a political marriage, it is enough for both parties to maintain superficial peace. As for being a good wife and a good mother, don't even think about it!
In the unofficial history she had read before traveling through time, it was said that the princesses of the Qing Dynasty were very miserable. They lived separately from their husbands and had to be summoned if they wanted to have sex. However, the housekeeper was there, so the princesses were embarrassed to summon their husbands. Therefore, the princesses had very few children and were short-lived.
Whether it is true or not, Mu Xue intends to turn it into a rule that is beneficial to her.
After the banquet, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory selected an auspicious date and held the wedding in Beijing in November. The fourth princess was also officially given the title of Princess Kejing Heshuo.
"Ke" means respect and caution; "Jing" means quiet and peace.
Upon hearing this title, Mu Xue roughly understood how Kangxi saw her.
There is another important thing before her, she has to learn Mongolian well.
The Qing Palace was a trilingual environment, Manchu, Mongolian and Chinese. She spoke Chinese, of course, and her Manchu was also passable, but she had not put much effort into Mongolian. As for her level, she could barely understand some simple conversations, but not anything more difficult.
This is not enough. If she wants to live a stable life on the grassland in the future, she will have to overcome the language barrier.
This is to prevent people from scolding her in person because she wouldn’t understand and wouldn’t be able to scold back immediately.
So I got some Mongolian language books and practiced from morning to night with the same enthusiasm as when I was studying for IELTS.
The Fifth Prince was recruited as an oral practice partner, and he was miserable. He ran to Concubine Yi to complain:
"Mother, I am happy to help, but I have to listen to the teacher's lecture on the Analects in the study room. As soon as I start school, my fourth sister catches me and speaks Mongolian. My brain is so confused! Yesterday, I was reciting the text in Chinese, but I recited it in Mongolian. She should at least take a break. She acts like she is going to take the imperial examination."
Concubine Yi listened and laughed, and handed him a bowl of ice milk skin to cover his mouth.
"Okay, just bear with it. You can only stay with your fourth sister for a long time for the next two months."
When Concubine Yi said this, the Fifth Prince's heart softened unconsciously.
"That's right, ah..."
So he worked hard to accompany Muxue in practicing speaking.
On the other hand, Concubine Yi was not idle either.
She wanted to properly arrange the personnel around Mu Xue. However, since Kangxi took power, all matters in the palace were handled by the Imperial Household Department under the emperor's jurisdiction. Even a position like Concubine Yi could only take care of trivial matters in the Yikun Palace and the minor concubines.
Important matters like the princess's marriage, such as residence, chief officials, guards, dowry, etc., all need to be reported to the emperor by the Minister of the Internal Affairs Department for decision. She cannot easily interfere.
One day, Concubine Yi was summoned to accompany the emperor.
Kangxi seemed to be in a good mood at this time, so Concubine Yi tentatively brought up the matter of the Fourth Princess.
"Speaking of which, the Fourth Princess' wedding day is getting closer and closer. I wonder how the Ministry of Internal Affairs is preparing."
While massaging Kangxi's shoulders, Concubine Yi spoke in a casual tone.
"This child's mother passed away early, and she came to my palace later. Unfortunately, I have two children, so it's hard to split my attention. I am bound to be careless. Now she wants to take care of Meng, and it's so far away in Khalkha. I'm thinking of taking some things from my private room to make her look good, but I don't know if it's appropriate."
Kangxi closed his eyes and rested: "This is your intention, why not."
After a moment of silence, he opened his eyes and said, "This child is shy. As her father and mother, we should be more concerned. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has purchased several other houses in the capital, specially prepared for the princesses to stay. I will have someone bring the rooms to you to see which one is the most suitable for her. She can live there when she gets married or returns to the capital to visit her relatives in the future."
Concubine Yi said happily: "Father is really thoughtful. I would like to thank you on behalf of the Fourth Princess."
Kangxi hummed softly and said no more.
He has more and more princes and princesses now. As for the children born later, especially those who are particularly quiet like the Fourth Princess, as Concubine Yi said, they will be somewhat neglected.
But that didn't mean he didn't care at all. It was he who decided that the princess should be a Mongolian concubine. Since he was young, he had seen that the harem was almost dominated by Mongolian concubines. The older he got, the more he realized that this situation was inappropriate.
Therefore, after he took power, he rarely accepted Mongolian women into the palace, but chose to let the princesses marry on the grassland to maintain the marriage between Manchuria and Mongolia. In the long run, the heirs of these Mongolian tribes all had Aisin-Gioro blood flowing in their veins, and they were inseparable from each other from generation to generation. This was a great plan to help stabilize the Qing Dynasty.
As a ruler, one must put the interests of the country first. As a father, he would do his best to wait until the princesses are fully grown before letting them take care of them.
But the fourth princess does look a little fragile, and I wonder if she can withstand the wind and snow on the Mobei grassland.
The next day, Kangxi specially summoned the head of the Imperial Household Department and asked him about the preparations in detail.
"The fourth princess's dowry and dowry must be carefully selected. No messing around is allowed."
"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will prepare carefully!"
As soon as the Minister in Chief of the Imperial Household Department returned to the Imperial Household Department, he immediately summoned the relevant persons in charge of the seven departments and three courts to a meeting!
"The Emperor has personally asked for the Fourth Princess' dowry and dowry to be carefully selected. You are not allowed to mess around! If something goes wrong, no one will be able to bear the consequences!"
"Don't worry, sir. We will do our best to get this done!"
The relevant heads of the seven departments and three courts returned to their respective departments and immediately summoned the staff to hold a meeting!
"The Emperor has personally inquired about this, and the Minister in charge has personally supervised the matter. We must attach great importance to the matters related to the Fourth Princess' marriage and make sure it is handled beautifully!"
The meeting is adjourned.
The small treasurer of the forging warehouse in the six warehouses of the Guangchusi frowned and walked down the stairs two steps at a time, complaining in his heart: Everything is important, and I have to take care of everything! The one who says this makes the people below run around like crazy, it's really true!
Although he was complaining in his heart, he dared not slack off. The palace rules were strict, and there was a set of procedures for taking items from the warehouse. It must be signed by the superior, and after verification, three small warehouse officials must be present to find the guard to get the key, open the warehouse door, and take out the required items.
As soon as the meeting was over, the junior treasury official rushed to draft the document for opening the treasury. He had to find the doctor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the meeting and ask him to sign and approve it! If he missed this opportunity and couldn't find the person, it would be troublesome.
The superiors naturally didn't care, and at most they would shirk responsibility by saying that their subordinates were not doing their job well and were deliberately delaying. However, when the time came to settle the accounts, it would be these small store officials who would be scolded and punished!
He was lucky today and actually caught the doctor from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The young treasurer smiled widely and carefully handed over the draft document, explaining, "This is for the fourth princess to select."
The doctor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs took the document, glanced at it, and signed his name with a flourish. He also gave a lecture: "Be careful and choose the best one."
"Don't worry, sir. I will select them carefully. I will definitely use the best of the new tribute."
Nodding and bowing, the signature was obtained. After coming out, the young treasurer did not dare to delay for a moment, holding the signed document, and hurriedly called the other two treasurers. The three of them hurriedly rushed in the direction of the forging warehouse guard. When they arrived at the place, the young treasurer handed the document to the forging warehouse guard while panting.
The guard at the forging warehouse took it and carefully checked the documents and signatures line by line. When he saw the date, he smiled and joked, "We got rich this time. All the documents were collected within one day."
"That's right," the young treasurer wiped the sweat from his forehead and agreed, "If only things could go this smoothly every time, we wouldn't have to worry and go through all the trouble."
The door of the forging warehouse was opened, and three small warehouse officials went in and picked out forty high-quality Shu brocade handkerchiefs, thirty Zhou silk handkerchiefs, and eighty white, green and blue cloth handkerchiefs. ① They were respectfully packed in a box tied with red silk.
These handkerchiefs were a tiny part of the fourth princess's dowry.
As for the other six warehouses of Guangchusi, the silver warehouse selected new silver with good quality and the leather warehouse selected leather with good color. Each department was busy preparing the items for the dowry of Princess Kejing and Princess Heshuo.
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